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Madeleine Bordallo
Guamanian politician (born 1933) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madeleine Mary Zeien Bordallo (/bərˈdæljoʊ/; born May 31, 1933) is an American-Guamanian politician who served as the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for Guam's at-large congressional district from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2019.
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Madeleine Bordallo | |
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Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Guam's at-large district | |
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Robert A. Underwood |
Succeeded by | Michael San Nicolas |
6th Lieutenant Governor of Guam | |
In office January 2, 1995 – January 3, 2003 | |
Governor | Carl Gutierrez |
Preceded by | Frank Blas |
Succeeded by | Kaleo Moylan |
Member of the Guam Legislature | |
In office January 1987 – January 1995 | |
In office January 1981 – January 1983 | |
First Lady of Guam | |
In role January 3, 1983 – January 5, 1987 | |
Governor | Ricardo Bordallo |
Preceded by | Rosa Herrero Baza |
Succeeded by | Rosanna Santos Ada |
In role January 6, 1975 – January 1, 1979 | |
Governor | Ricardo Bordallo |
Preceded by | Lourdes Perez Camacho |
Succeeded by | Rosa Herrero Baza |
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Born | Madeleine Mary Zeien (1933-05-31) May 31, 1933 (age 91) Graceville, Minnesota, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Education | St. Mary's College, Indiana St. Catherine University |
Madeleine Bordallo speaks on an amendment allowing the U.S. Distant Water Tuna Fleet to use Guam as a port of call Recorded November 4, 2011 | |
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She is the first woman ever to serve as Guam's Delegate, the first female Lieutenant Governor of Guam (from 1995 to 2003), the first female candidate for Governor of Guam (in 1990), and the first female Democrat elected to the Legislature of Guam. Her 1990 campaign also made her the first non-Chamorro gubernatorial candidate in Guam.[1] As the wife of Ricardo Bordallo, she was also the First Lady of Guam from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1987.